Listing 3. showme_controller.rb

class ShowmeController < ApplicationController

  def piglatin_sentence
    # Get the headline
    sentence = params[:future_headline]
    words = sentence.split

    sentence = ""

    # Go through each word, applying the secret
    # Pig Latin algorithm
    words.each do |word|
      if word =~ /^[aeiou]/i
        word << "way"
      else
        first_letter = word.slice(0,1)
        rest = word.slice(1..-1)

        word = "#{rest}#{first_letter}ay"
      end

      sentence << word
      sentence << " "
    end

    render :text => sentence
  end

end